Opinions: Arrow (TV Series)

          For those of you who don’t know there’s a new television show called Arrow on Sky One (and The CW in America), based on the DC comic books character Green Arrow and here’s the secret part guy’s, it’s amazing. I feel DC and very smart at doing this small screen stuff as it really helps to build up the profile of lesser known characters and allow you time to get to know them and invest in them, it also allows you to introduce other characters and build a shared universe like what Marvel have done with their film franchises. It’s being made by a lot of the same people who made Smallville another DC television series that was amazing.

          This series feel like its taken a leaf from Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy and even Marvels approach of grounding everything in reality, which in my opinion helps you identify with the characters better. So who is this Green Arrow character I might hear you asking, well he’s one of DC’s better known main characters and I have to be completely honest I only ever knew of the character from references in and never knew his origin story, which is why I love this series so much it starts at the beginning and shows us how Oliver Queen the man becomes The Green Arrow.

          Now I can’t spoil too much I’m only 4 episodes in but the basic story is Oliver and his dad are on a boat trip and they crash, his father tells Oliver to right the family wrongs and shots himself in the head, this leaves Oliver trapped on an island for 5 years where he trains to become The Green Arrow. Once rescued his character is a billionaire playboy by day (cough, Tony Stark and Bruce Wayne, cough) but by night he is vigilante crime fighter The Green Arrow. Hopefully I’ve piqued your interest and you’ll want to go check out this series if not, well then fine, your loss.